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Old June 19, 2012, 10:28 PM   #5
BDS-THR
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Originally Posted by Digger686
I will be using 124gn cast lead round nose bullets ... 230gr cast lead round nose ... Any suggestions welcome!
In my experience--Titegroup and cast bullets do not like each other
I tried Titegroup with lead bullets and had a horribly leaded bore.
I have used several powders for lead 9mm and 45ACP loads and found W231/HP-38/Red Dot/Promo to produce accurate target loads that won't lead the barrels. There are other powders that will work but here are the load data I used for 125 gr RN 9mm and 230 gr RN 45ACP lead bullets:


1999 Winchester load data:



current Hodgdon load data:
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230 gr LRN W231/HP-38 Start 4.3 gr (699 fps) 12,200 CUP - Max 5.3 gr (834 fps) 16,900 CUP

2004 Alliant Red Dot load data used for Promo as indicated by Alliant:






Current Alliant load data
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